I've been trying for a baby for some years. Thanks to PCOS this required needing to go through fertility treatment with my now ex husband (Which involved needing to loose a substantial amount of weight) and the usual medications as well as tests to ensure the issue was with me and not him etc.
After the breakdown of my marriage I decided to continue with my weightloss for my mental health more than anything but my fertility journey came to an end.
I ended up finding myself in a new relationship, the guy is a beautiful being, I fell pretty hard, pretty quick. I was very open about my fertility struggles from the get go as he doesn't have children and I needed him to understand the difficulties I face just incase he felt I was cheating him out of something.
Fast forward 18 months and whilst on holiday I didn't feel right, popped to a pharmacy to grab a test as since my weight loss my cycles although long (33 days) have returned each month, some for a few days some for a full week but still each month. However this cycle they hadn't returned at all and I was due on whilst abroad.
Not thinking for a split second I was pregnant I peed, left it and wondered what was up with me. Tired, bloated, starving hungry, especially first thing.
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Two lines. I was in shock. So much so I went back to the pharmacy and bought two more tests from different brands. Same thing.
Now I've kept logs of my cycles for as long as I've been tidying to conceive. OPK stick results and CM descriptions as and when.
My ovulation doesn't always register just because I bleed but I remember so clearly thinking one day that I'd peed myself because my discharge was so apparent. Perfect egg white CM. I tested and blinding positive OPK without a shadow of a doubt.
Although we hadn't done the deed (as I've never been actively trying but always taken the line of, if it didn't happen before with medical intervention ... It won't happen now) we had a couple of days before and a day after. This fell on cycle day 26, I got my blazing positive on cd36.
Every calculater I've found tends to base dates off a 28day text book cycle with ovulation being perfectly perfect and the ones that allow you alter your cycles still don't take into account late ovulation or PCOS etc.
I booked in for an early scan based on online calculations putting me at 7 weeks and wanting to know all was OK.
At the scan it was confirmed the gestational sac and yolk were present but the embryo was not. No further information was given other than a sad tone and a leaflet that tells me I should wait a couple of weeks and take another test to see if it's still positive.
I was heartbroken.
I'd made them aware in my notes (which I don't believe they read) that I have very irregular cycles and pcos. Their dates DO not add up with mine. Dating my pregnancy from the first date of my last period is inaccurate and I tried explaining this when booking the appointment but was reassured I would still be within a window of being able to have an early scan which is detectable from 6 weeks.
The results show that my gestational sac measured 7.8mm and the yolk was present. This size suggests I'm 5 weeks and a few days which then ties in with my late ovulation and explains why nothing was visable but the yolk and sac. At 5 weeks you'd be lucky to pick up an embryo even if it is a vagingal ultrasound.
Having spoke to my midwife this morning who was upset that someone didn't go through dates with me at my scan given it was an early scan she said that it doesn't mean anything other than I could have just been far to early and that the yolk being present and the size of the sac is a positive thing in itself. That only the next couple of weeks will tell. I'm booked in for another in just over two weeks where I'll be able to know for sure as at that stage it should be detectable (7+ a few days by my calculations)
The down side is, if it is a loss, I may not bleed, the tests may still come back as positive and until the scan nothing can be confirmed.
I was just wondering if any ladies have had a similar experience with an early scan and everything turned out just fine??